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Last month, the RunGood Poker Series made headlines when it crushed its $100,000 guarantee in the $675 Main Event at Horseshoe Casino in Council Bluffs, Iowa. That tournament attracted 426 entries, created a prize pool of $251,340, and saw Henry …

Full Tilt Poker has removed a number of games from its games lobby to make it easier to manage, the biggest elimination of games in the industry after the passage of the UIGEA in 2006. According to the Full Tilt Poker website, the games that have been …

Pizzingrilli, per reports from Italy's Assopoker, is a known name in the Italian poker community where he is considered to be a regular in live games at low and medium stakes. He was the first to be stopped by the authorities and did not try to resist …

#The poker tournament will be held at 2 p.m. on May 2 at Tannery Row Ale House, 554 West Main St. in Buford. Before the tournament begins, select attendees will be able to attend a private luncheon with Navy SEAL Rob O'Neill, who co-founded Your …

Bubbly, blonde and beautiful, it's quite possible you can actually feel Kerryjane Craigie's love and enthusiasm for poker emanating from her. As The Hippodrome's alpha female, or "Head of Poker" to use her official title, it's a love she indulges with …

It wasn't easy, but Alex Jacob won for the fourth time on Jeopardy Wednesday night. This time, he was actually forced to play Final Jeopardy against worthy opponent Becky Hammer. The 30-year-old former poker pro still went into the final round of the …

In the near future, poker fans around the world are expected to be able to watch poker around the clock via a new poker channel, Poker Central®. While the exact date of when broadcasting will begin has not been communicated yet, Poker Central® CEO …

Today is the fourth anniversary of Black Friday. That was the day – April 15, 2011 – that PokerStars, Full Tilt, and Absolute Poker were indicted by the U.S. Justice Department. PokerStars and Full Tilt left the U.S. market within 24 hours of the news …

Laliberté has been a frequent competitor in the poker world for years, amassing more than $2.5 million in lifetime scores. He was featured on the popular show “High Stakes Poker” on the Game Show Network, playing against the likes of Doyle Brunson.

888poker pro Jessica Dawley is eager to see more women in poker. Dawley, who grew up in Southern Indiana, learned the game from her uncle at the age of six. When she was in high school, she played poker to pay the fees. Later, she joined the US Air …

Like all poker players, Angela Jordison knows that winning a tournament, especially one in the live arena, isn't easy, so when she scored three wins in a row, she knew her place in poker folklore was set. Jordison's trio of wins in the Wildhorse Poker …

While good, aggressive opponents can be extremely difficult to play against, passive players sometimes can be equally as frustrating to lock horns with in both tournament poker and cash games. It often seems like these so-called “calling stations” are …

Former poker pro Alex Jacob won for the third time on Jeopardy Tuesday night, bringing his total winnings to $72,200, but what makes his run so impressive is the dominating fashion in which he is winning. Out of his three wins so far, Jacob has yet to …

New Jersey poker player "mingo14" won $6,200 for a runner-up performance in this tournament. The weekly partypoker NJ/BorgataPoker.com $50,000 Guarantee attracted 277 players to pony up the $200 buy-in for this tournament with "numbnuts" coming …

Last Friday, Alex Jacob, a poker pro with $2,603,701 in career tournament winnings, was a contestant on the long-running television game show Jeopardy! Jacob emerged as that episode's victor, winning $23,200. On Monday and Tuesday, Jacob …

(PRESS RELEASE) — BurnTurn Poker, a poker destination for international players, announced today that it will launch its Bitcoin-Only Online Poker Room on April 17th, 2015. While this is a beta launch for BurnTurn, a full array of poker games will be …

Last weekend, the UK Student Poker Championships (UKSPC) took place in Coventry, with a £30 Main Event attracting a massive field of 801 entrants, smashing the previous record and creating a prize pool of over £24,000. Coming into the final table, it …

For poker players winning a World Series of Poker title before their 22nd birthday has produced five millionaires and helped create a generation of stars. The way the poker boom developed with online poker, the mid-2000s brought us bracelet winners …